Shannon Curry
@astrocurry
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Principal Investigator of @MAVEN2Mars NASA mission 🛰 | Project Scientist on @escapade_mars 🚀 | Venus scientist #ParkerSolarProbe |🏃♀️🧗♀️🐾| views my own
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Love seeing all my Mars (and Venus) friends at #COSPAR2022 and talking @MAVEN2Mars science. Seriously cannot wait for the next three years of extreme solar and dust conditions at Mars 🚀⚡️🌪 #PI_daily
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After a successful launch on @blueorigin’s New Glenn rocket, our ESCAPADE mission has begun its journey - ultimately destined for Mars. The twin spacecraft will orbit the Red Planet, investigating how the solar wind stripped its atmosphere. https://t.co/URspHkGcLx
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A huge thank you to the @blueorigin team for getting us mated, encapsulated, transported and stacked. Launch tomorrow, let's get these twins on their way to Mars!! @rookisaacman @RocketLab @SecDuffyNASA @ucbssl
The ESCAPADE twin spacecraft are now integrated with New Glenn. Proud to support @NASA as we prepare to deliver this mission to study Mars’ magnetosphere. Next step: close out inspections and rollout.
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@SpaceAbhi @ucbssl This is great for NASA and I would love to see 10 x $100 million missions like this a year...accepting more risk but with the aim of getting to the science faster and at lower cost. Best of luck to the ESCAPADE, Berkley, Rocket Lab and Blue Origin teams.
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We're all buttoned up and ready for our voyage. Mars or Bust!!
Encapsulated and “red-y” for Mars. @NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are now secure in New Glenn's 7-meter fairing.
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Go IMAP! Go Carruthers! Go SWFO-L1! All of at the MAVEN PSG are cheering you on at @LASPatCU! @MAVEN2Mars #PI_daily #launch #nasa
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Well over $20B in taxpayer, paid for assets being thrown away for a savings that's literally pennies on those dollars. I'm all for shrinking waste and increasing efficiencies in our government, but this is neither.
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Proposal would end nearly all new major science missions
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Where did all the water on Mars go? For the first time, NASA's MAVEN orbiter has directly observed a process called atmospheric sputtering, which could be described as “doing a cannonball in a pool.” MAVEN's lead scientist explains: https://t.co/zEpQrkq0Wf
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We are no longer the only MAVEN in space! Asteroid 1997 CO23 = 2003 FX119 has been designated "MAVEN" in recognition for the mission's incredible observations of Siding Spring Comet's close encounter with Mars in 2014. Learn more about the MAVEN asteroid: https://t.co/68iV3u4nnD
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The MAVEN science meetings cover #Mars atmospheric science, space weather, aurora, and everything in between. This team is second to none and we can’t wait for more observations at Mars 🚀 #PI_daily
This week, the MAVEN team is meeting in Boulder, CO to discuss spacecraft operations, new science results, and the future of the mission.
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I am so exceptionally proud of our science, our mission and our team. Happy happy birthday MAVEN- it has been such an honor to lead. Here’s to many more! #PI_Daily @MAVEN2Mars
Congrats, MAVEN, on a whole decade of exploring! For the last 10 years, @NASAMars' MAVEN spacecraft has orbited the Red Planet, gathering data about its upper atmosphere. Here are the top 10 findings: https://t.co/kHWqcJnXKG
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NASA's ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission is now targeting a launch in 2025. ESCAPADE's two satellites will investigate how solar wind interacts with the magnetic environment of Mars. Learn more: https://t.co/eIoFQ0BbPO
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What happened to Mars' water? 🤔 Learn more about the recent study of water loss at Mars using data from MAVEN and Hubble. ⬇️
Mars was once wet – so what happened to its water? 💧 Hubble teamed up with the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission to find out more about how much water there was, what happened to it, and how its atoms escape into space: https://t.co/VMG3y2t73q
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In May, the strongest solar activity on Earth in two decades produced aurorae across the UK and other countries. But what does this uptick in solar activity mean for the rest of the solar system? Words by me @BBC_Future
https://t.co/cFBgFXg020
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The Sun is extremely active right now, blasting the Earth with the biggest solar storms in 20 years. This is what it is doing to the rest of the Solar System.
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I had a blast at @NASAJPL talking about @MAVEN2Mars and space weather! We are almost at the peak of the solar cycle so the observing solar flares and storms now will help future #astronauts one day at #Mars🌪️🚀
Every 11 years, the Sun's activity peaks 📈 That peak – known as solar maximum – is happening soon, and two of @NASA's Martian spacecraft will use it as an opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the Red Planet.
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In February 2024, there were three episodes of global auroras at Mars - an aurora hat trick! The Red Planet is experiencing its greatest level of auroral activity in the past 10 years, and MAVEN is getting a front row seat to it. Learn more: https://t.co/EUmZOF6uCy
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Recently, @APSphysics highlighted MAVEN research on further understanding Mars' patchy aurora. This research explores the solar wind’s orientation relative to Mars’ magnetic-field lines, creating conditions ripe for magnetic reconnection. Learn more:
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The solar wind’s orientation relative to Mars’ magnetic-field lines changes as the planet rotates, creating conditions ripe for magnetic reconnection.
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Mars is red, the Earth is blue, NASA made #ValentinesDay cards for your sweetheart and you: https://t.co/d4RgSRJWol
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Hard day for our space community: 1 in 12 of JPLers making US planetary missions happen loses their job. When NASA chooses execution to a FY24 space sci budget ~$500M lower in op yr as Congress hasn't yet agreed to FY23 levels, our nation slips as a leader. *People* make missions
Because of the wait for an FY24 budget from Congress, NASA JPL will be forced to lay off 530 employees.
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2023 wrapped! 🎬 Here are the top picture-perfect Martian moments of the year:
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